Improved machine for cutting soap into slabs



N.FErERS. PHDTO-UTHOGRAPMER, WASHINGTON. D c.

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JOSEPH GALLIPO, OF OOHOES, NEW YORK.

Lettere Patent No. 100,135, dated February 22, 1870.

MPROVED MACHINE FOR CUTTING SOAP INTO SLABS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same To all 'whom it 'may concern Be it known that I, JOSEPH GALmPo, of Cohoes, in the county of Albany, and State of New York, have invented anew and4 useful Improvement in Machinery for Cutting Soap; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawing forming 'part of this specification, in which drawing- -Figure lis-a vertical longitudinal section of a machine which contains my invention.

Figure 2 is a. horizontal section in the plane of the line x x, iig. 1.

Figure 3 is a vertical cross-section, taken in the plane of the line y y, iig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

rIhis invention relates to machinery for slabbing soap, or cutting soap into slabs or layers. The machine or apparatus is supported upon wheels, so that it can be moved with'facility to the place where the mass of soap to becut is located.

The rear axle is so arranged that it can turn on a center bolt or pivot and take aposition at right angles with the rear axle, whereby I am able to anchor the machine at any spot after it'has been rolled along, s o as to enclose the mass of soap.

The machine consists of a rectangular frame, open at one end, and of such a width and length that it can inelose the mass of soap to be cut, the cutter being swung open when the machine is pushed over the mass, and closed again when the mass is within the apparatus.

The cutter is composed of a series of wires arranged l parallel with each other upon a swinging frame, which is hinged at the end of and across a traveling rack-I frame, which is arranged to move within the main frame of the machine. The cutting wires are tightcned up to take vup any slack which may occur in them by turning one of ,the posts of the swinging frame;

The letter A designates the main frame of the machine, whose upper and lower string-pieces B B `are grooved, as shown in figs. l and 3, toreceive the rollers of the traveling rackframe C, and form guides therefor. v

The front paitof the machine. is stifencd transversely by means of the raised beam D and the removable cross-piece E, whoseends are dovetailed and let loosely into dovetailed recesses provided in the lower string-pieces B.

When the machine is to be Apushed over a mass of soap the cross-piece E, which is provided with a handle, U, is taken away, and after the soap is inelosed it is replaced.

The whole machine is supported upon wheels, the vhind wheels being placed onthe ends of au axle, F, which is pivoted` at its center to the bottom of the machine, so that when it is desired to keep it stationary the axle can be turned at an angle or be turned lengthwise of the machine for the purpose of preventing any advance. l

The letter Gr designates the cutter-tiame.- It is hinged at the forward end of the travelingrack-frame O and is of suoli a' sizeas to close the forward end of the latter, when swung to a transverseposition.

. The freexend of the cutter-frame is stepped in a recess, H, made for its foot in a project-ing piece, I, which is provided on thc'inside of the rack-frame, and the forward side of the recess H is open, as shown in fig. 2, to allow the foot of the cutterframe to be moved in and out at pleasure when one swings it open or shut.

'When a mass of soap is inclosedwithin the machine the cutter-frame is swung across to its trans verse position, and is then locked by means of buttons J, or other suitable devices. 'The machine is then ready for operation.

lhe cutters are now pressed against the mass of soap by giving motion to thev traveling frame O, which is done by revolving the shaft K, which turns in bearings provided in the main frame, and whose pinions L L engage the racks M M formed on the traveling .frame O, the movement ofthe said'frame being toward the rear so as to press the cutters against the mass of soap which abuts against the inner end of the main frame A, which is strengthened at that part byf the horizontal pieces N N and the central vert-icalbar.

O, whose surface projects from the pieces N N, and

is rounded so that the cutting wires or cutters will not receive injury as they emerge from the mass of soap.

After the mass has been out the cutter frame is swung open, the, cross-piece E is removed, and the. machine isrolled off and away fromlt, ready' to reof the cutter-frame, and on its periphery are pins S,

around which are passed the strands of wire which compose the cutters. v When the cutters are slack they are strained and straightened out by turning the cylinder through` the handle S on its upper end, and the cylinder is prevented from slipping or turning back after the strands have been tightened by means of a spring detent, T, placed on'the top of the framing R, which engages ratchet-teeth cut on the periphery oi' the collar- V of the cylinder.

This machine or apparatus facilitates tbe operation ofslabbing or cutting masses ofsoap into parallel layers, and in 'order to use the same machine for cutting slabs of different thicknesses, I binge the'cutter-frame o Bush, dated August 18, 1868. In this case the framework ofthe whole device must be lifted over the block before the wires can be operated.

The same is also shown in the patent of H. and A. Phelps, dated September 3, 1867, in which the wires are secured `t0 a gate, which is clamped to tbecarriage which draws the wires, but said `gate must be removed from thecarria-ge belore the operation of cutting is commenced.

I therefore disclaim the above patents.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters 1?atent, is

l. The combination of a ,soap-cutting or slabbing1 machine with rollers on which it `is supported and moves, the rear rollers being mounted ou a swinging axle, substantially as described.

2. The swinging cutter-frame G and the movable cross-piece E, in combination with the main frame A and the traveling rack-frame C, substantially as described.

3. The revolving cylinder Q of the cutter-frame in combination with the strands which compose the cutf ters, and with tbc detent and ratchet which lock the cylinder after being strained or wound up, substantially as described.

4 This specification signed by me this 31st day of August, 1869.

his JOSEPH X GALLIPO.

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WM. MANNING, HARVEY CLUTE. 

